GOOD MORNING. YOU’VE WOKEN UP DEAD. YOU’RE IN RUINS. On the brink of catastrophe. But don’t be discouraged. You are ripe for a revolution! Just like the Bolsheviks of the early 1900’s, our barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout doesn’t happen overnight. Patience is required. Wake Up Dead hibernates in our cellars for over 12 months before being blended to woody perfection. Hints of raisins, cherry, licorice and toffee, followed by earthy, herbal hop notes that rise up, joining in your fight for a better life. Don’t be afraid of the dark. All power to the stouts!

Deep black body, bigger head than I had expected. Smells of wood, chocolate, coffee, and alcohol. Very thick body. Tastes of dark roasted grains and strong alcohol. Finishes bitter but there are hints of vanilla in there.

Pours dark brown, large tan head. It’s not black. I can pick up some roasty notes, but I found no wine in the aroma, perhaps they used fresh barrels. I could detect some subtle woodiness. Better to be subtle than overpowering with oak/wood flavors. I found the regular to be a bit astringent. The flavor of this is pleasant and smooth, I think the barrel aging has mellowed this beer out. It certainly improved it, and it was good anyway. On the whole it’s a bit better and smoother than the same beer not aged in oak barrels. Pretty tasty.

I’ve been waiting to taste this for quite some time now since I purchased it at the Papago Brewing Company is Scottsdale, AZ a month ago. Well, the wait was well worth it! The beer pours a black color with a thick tan head. Aroma is perfectly malty with some excellent coffee and chocolate notes. Also, some vinous characteristics balanced with some great bitterness. This one tastes really good. Rich and complex with dark fruitiness and burnt maltiness. The oak flavors are subtle and do not dominate the beer’s other flavors. The flavor is just like the aroma but with the barrel notes. Body is very full and alcoholic. A really great beer.

Pours sort of blackish, but more like brackish and reminding me of the semi-cloudy, tanin laiden waters of the Scratchyerhoochie Swamp. The aroma is black licorice with aiken highlights. Ample thick natural head and wonderful carbonation. The flavor is roast and licorice dominated with a nice punch of booze. Slightly watery tasting or maybe like it is missing a vital component that I just can’t put my finger on. Light sweetness, no bitterness and overall a very enjoyable brew.

This is what Avery The Czar should have been. Poured deep chestnut brown with a thin light tan head. Poured with a fruity aroma laced with hints of wine and tangy oak. Rich flavor of toast and caramel, tangy sweet oak barrel, bourbon, red grape, chocolate, and alcohol. Rather thin-bodied but very full-flavored. The barrel aging is not over-the-top and significantly enhances this beer.

This imperial stout pours with a very dark brown, but notquite black, body topped by a medium thick head with some lacing. The aroma is sweet and malty with a nice alcohol note, a touch of woodiness, a little licorice and some fruit. The flavor is slightly sweet yet bitter and malty with a nice roasty chocolate note and a touch of wood. Full bodied, but not as thick as I expected.

Nose of toffee, espresso, caramel, and a hint of earthy yeast. Pours a dark garnet. The tall tan creamy head is mostly lasting with fair lacing. The warm and fruity flavor is sweet and spicy with a very pleasant finish. The thick and chewy palate is very soft.

Nice dark beer with a brown head. Strong but mellow aroma of burbon in the nose, some hops, notes of coffee, and oak are also evident. sweet flavor, nice lasting aftertaste. dark chocolate and spicey. really a bit too carbonated, but a miraculous brew nonetheless.

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